Everbright Bank Zhang Xuyang: Places great importance on investor dividend policy, plans to distribute 10.3 billion yuan in cash dividends

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On March 31, news from the financial front lines: Guangda Bank held its 2025 annual performance briefing today. Zhang Xuyang, the secretary of the board of directors, said that Guangda Bank continues to enhance the effectiveness of corporate governance, formulates and implements a valuation enhancement plan, and through measures such as improving the quality of information disclosure, deepening investor relations and communication, and adhering to a stable cash dividend policy, it effectively safeguards the rights and interests of minority shareholders.

According to Zhang Xuyang, the board of directors of Guangda Bank focuses on strengthening the construction of a corporate governance system for modern financial enterprises with Chinese characteristics, continuously strengthens its履職能力, and steadily improves the effectiveness of corporate governance.

First, it earnestly implements regulatory requirements. In light of actual work, it has completed revisions to corporate governance systems such as the 《Articles of Association》, 《Rules of Procedure for Shareholders’ Meetings》, and 《Rules of Procedure for Board of Directors’ Meetings》. It also ensures the board’s audit committee takes on matters related to the former functions of the board of supervisors, and continuously enhances the standardization and effectiveness of corporate governance. At the same time, it increases the number of independent directors, further enriches the professional backgrounds of board members, strengthens the foundation for scientific decision-making, and improves the board’s performance of its duties. In 2025, the bank retained its title, winning the China Association of Listed Companies’ “2025 Best Practice Case of Listed Company Board of Directors.”

Second, it continuously improves the quality and transparency of information disclosure. The bank takes investor needs as the guiding principle to disclose information related to investment decisions in a manner that is true, accurate, complete, timely, and fair. In addition to holding performance briefings for investors, it has organized more than 30 investor institution roadshows in places including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, and held open-day activities themed “Financial Technology and Technology Finance” in line with market hotspots. The information disclosure work for 2024–2025 was rated “A” by the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Zhang Xuyang said that in safeguarding the rights and interests of minority shareholders, first, it does a good job in interactive communication with minority investors. Through channels such as the investor hotline, the IR email, and the SSE e-interaction platform, it actively communicates with minority investors and responds to their questions in a timely manner. Second, at the bank’s third extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in 2025, when considering proposals on electing directors, it adopted a cumulative voting system to protect the rights and interests of minority shareholders. Third, it places great importance on investors’ dividend policies and fully safeguards shareholders’ rights to receive cash returns. Since the bank’s A-share listing in 2010, it has cumulatively distributed cash dividends totaling 131.9 billion yuan. In 2025, the bank will do its utmost to ensure the dividend payout ratio remains stable compared with the previous year. It plans to distribute cash dividends of 10.3 billion yuan for the full year. The dividend amount will account for 30.08% of the net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders of the bank, maintaining the continuity and stability of the dividend policy.

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